Brazing rod



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Y Patented June 17, 1930 NI ED STATES P T OFFICE,

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My invention relates to brazing alloys and has for an object the production of a relativel low melting point brazing rod which e rolled into rod form.

ma 5 l ifli'culty has been encountered in the brazing of articles made of the phos hor bronzes,

and the brass alloys such as untz metal, because of the lack of a strong, inexpensive brazing metal having a suitable melting polnt.

' My invention providesan alloy ofcopper and zinc in the proportions in which they are present in the brasses commercially designated as the 7030 type. together with other materials, the complete alloy having a sufliciently -uslow melting point .to be usable for the brazing of bronze and the harder brasses, and being of'good strength, ductile enough to be.

drawn into rod or wire form for use under the torch, inexpensive, and broadly. adaptable to substantially all of the uses to. which the previously known silver solder has been P In practicing my invention I may convenprovide an alloy having substantially 'ientlfy v the ollowing limits as to chemical composition: V Copper 68% 73% Zinc 30.75-23.50 so Phosphorus 1.25'-- 2.50 Tin 0- 1.00

This alloy has a melting point of about 1450 Application filed September 7, 1928'. Serial No. 804,622.

also be added as indicated above, the presence of the tin increasing the fluidity of the material and still further lowering the melting point. The tin may, however, be entirely omitted without injury to the alloy.

While I have shown but a limited range of embodiments of the alloy of my invention it is capable of still further modifications therefrom without departure from-the spirit there- 7 of and it is desired therefore that only such no limitations shall be imposed upon the appended claims as are statedtherein or required by the prior art.

I claim as my invention;

1. A brazing rod comprising a brass alloy 05 of, the. 7 0-30 copper-zinc type containing about 1.25% to 2.50% phosphorus;

2. A brazing rod comprisin an alloy con- I taining copper over aira'nge o 68% to 73%, zinc over a range of .7 5% to 23.50%, a sub- 70 stantial amount of tin but not more than 1%,

, and phosphorus 1.25% to 2.50%.

3. A'brazing rodconsisting of an alloy containing approximately, copper between 68% and 70%, zinc between 23.50% and 30.75%, 76 and phosphorus between 1.25% to 2.50%, said alloy being substantialy free from additions F. which I find to be sufliciently below the melting point of the common brass alloys to 35 permit the use of it under the torch as a brazm material.

it flows readily and requires relatively little flux. -.In fact, if thesurfaces to be brazed are clean, a flux may be dispensed withentire- 1y. This efiect seems to be due to the cleaning and deoxi action of the phosphorus.

The alloy is s ciently ductile to be rolled in the cold into rods suitable for welding and brazing purposes. v

The presenceof various quantities of other materials is not found to be injurious.- Iron may be present to the extent of 1% or 2% and silicon may present in amounts up to V ious quantities of may 

